Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-00931
The Army purchased this helicopter 1166
Total flight hours at this point: 00000556
Date: 07/07/1967
Incident number: 670707061ACD Accident case number: 670707061 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: 187 AHC
South Vietnam
Number killed in accident = 4 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 514554
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Army Aviation Safety Center database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P MAJ SAUER CHARLES EDWARD KIA
P CPT DEROSIER THOMAS ALBERT KIA
CE CPL TATUM IVRA ALLEN KIA
G PFC SIMON PAUL JOSEPH KIA
Accident Summary:
An unknown aircraft was spotted from the air burning. Suspect a tail rotor or 90 degree gear box failure.
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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